offgrid art project opens up a space of exploration that focuses on Istanbul’s multilayered texture, in parallel with the 18th Istanbul Biennial’s theme, “Three-Legged Cat.” Curated by Ayşe Okudan, the exhibition titled “Unending City: Istanbul” brings together the perspectives of Hüseyin Güler and Kaan Walsh on the city. Accompanied by a series of talks, the project will be on view at offgrid art project between October 21 – November 8, 2025.

Located in the heart of Taksim, offgrid art project serves as a production and sharing space for independent artists. With its structure encouraging interdisciplinary collaborations, it invites viewers to rethink Istanbul through the dimensions of time and space.

The exhibition “Unending City: Istanbul” offers a spatial reading that questions the relationships the city establishes on various scales, through visual narratives, maps, and urban documents. In this geography, where thousands of years of settlement history have accumulated, the layers of the built environment carry not only traces of the past but also those of the present and the future. The exhibition aims to make visible the “unending” nature of Istanbul through both a photographic and research-oriented perspective.

Accompanying the exhibition, the talk series titled Urban Wanderers and Urban Scholars approach Istanbul’s urban experience—past, present, and future—through an interdisciplinary lens. All talks will be available to watch on offgrid art project’s YouTube channel.